Numbers 26:40
in Numbers 26And the descendants of Bela from Ard and Naaman were the Ardite clan from Ard and the Naamite clan from Naaman.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
KJV
And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
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This verse in Numbers 26
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
These were the descendants of Ephraim by their clans
on Numbers 26:35-41
Ephraim loses eight thousand men and comes in at 32,500, twenty thousand below Manasseh. Benjamin had ten sons at Genesis 46:21 and five of them head families here, and the chapter gives no reason for the other five. Benjamin has grown by ten thousand men since Sinai even so.
This site's exposition
the Ardite clan from Ard
Ard and Naaman appear here as sons of Bela, each heading a clan. Matthew Henry reckons seven of the ten names of Genesis 46:21 as preserved in this roll, which counts these two among the sons of Benjamin. John Wesley counts five sons only.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּהְי֥וּ | vaiyihyu | and they were | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בְנֵי־ | venei- | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| בֶ֖לַע | vela' | Bela | H1106 → | |
| אַ֣רְדְּ | ʾard | Ard | H714 → | |
| וְנַעֲמָ֑ן | venaaman | and Naaman | H5283 → | |
| מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙ | mishpachat | [the] clan of | H4940 → | 303 times |
| הָֽאַרְדִּ֔י | haardi | the Ardite[s] | H716 → | |
| לְנַֽעֲמָ֔ן | lenaaman | to Naaman | H5283 → | |
| מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת | mishpachat | [the] clan of | H4940 → | 303 times |
| הַֽנַּעֲמִֽי׃ | hanaami | the Naamanite[s] | H5280 → | |
| לְאַרְדְּ | leard | to Ard | H714 → |
וַיִּהְי֥וּand they were
vaiyihyuH1961 →3559 times
בְנֵי־[the] descendants of
venei-H1121 →4930 times
בֶ֖לַעBela
vela'H1106 →
אַ֣רְדְּArd
ʾardH714 →
וְנַעֲמָ֑ןand Naaman
venaamanH5283 →
מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙[the] clan of
mishpachatH4940 →303 times
הָֽאַרְדִּ֔יthe Ardite[s]
haardiH716 →
לְנַֽעֲמָ֔ןto Naaman
lenaamanH5283 →
מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת[the] clan of
mishpachatH4940 →303 times
הַֽנַּעֲמִֽי׃the Naamanite[s]
hanaamiH5280 →
לְאַרְדְּto Ard
leardH714 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
1 stopEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Chronicles 8:3The sons of Bela:
it leads to
- Genesis 46:21
The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
- Genesis 46:21
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary.